Mental Flosshttp://mentalfloss.com/node/54505/atom.xml2016-12-10T03:27:14+00:00http://mentalfloss.com/article/54505/what-end-polio-looks2014-01-13T15:12:01+00:002014-01-13T15:16:10+00:00This Is What the End of Polio Looks LikeChris Higgins

Today marks a poignant anniversary: it has been three years since the last case of polio was reported in India. Just five years ago, India was home to almost half the world's new polio cases. But thanks to a massive vaccination program, there have been zero new cases in India since January of 2011—and that's a huge victory for children in India and surrounding countries.